Bacon Fest will debut at Easton Farmers’ Market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Centre Square, Easton. The festival was postponed a week due to Superstorm Sandy.

From bacon caramelcorn to bacon chowder, vendors will have bacon-infused dishes to elicit squeals of delight from visitors. Food trucks from Hershey, Pa., and New York City will offer up chocolate-covered bacon treats, smoked meats and ribs, wood-fired pizzas with bacon, and bacon, truffle macaroni and cheese. There’s even bacon cotton candy on the menu.

“We are expecting the entire Downtown to smell like you just walked into the kitchen and found a giant skillet of bacon frying,” says Market Manager Megan McBride.

It will be the final festival in the market’s season, and the second to last Saturday that EFM will be outside. Its winter market moves indoors to the Nurture Nature Center, 518 Northampton St., on Nov. 24.

McBride says the festival’s been in the works since March. “We were talking about Veg Fest in Bethlehem,” McBride jokes, and from there the idea of having a general "meat fest" morphed into a day of bacon.

“Nothing else seems to elicit this kind of response in people,” McBride says.

Spreading Joy will be serving up Bacon Caramelcorn for the Bacon Fest.Photo Courtesy of Spreading Joy

Among the activities scheduled are a Hog Heaven Bacon Cupcake contest featuring professional and home bakers, a hog calling contest, specialty bacon food trucks and vendors and a Bacon Battle that will pit four chefs from area restaurants in a three-course bacon cook-off. Abe Lopez, of Valenca; Evan Kechley, of Leaf Restaurant Cigar Bar & Lounge; Jeremy Bialker, of Two Rivers Brewing Co.; and Steve Schwartzinger, of MeGs and MaDs Casual Dining, will compete.

Noon - Bacon Battle: Four restaurants will battle for the title of the “Baconator.”

10 to 11 a.m. - Hog Heaven Bacon Cupcake Contest: Contestants must provide three full-size cupcakes for judges and six dozen mini cupcakes for People’s Choice. Bacon has to be either in the frosting, the cake or both. Each contestant will have a 6-foot table for display, but displays must be completed by 9:45 a.m. Bakers must stay at their display throughout the contest. To enter the contest, email marketmanager@eastonfarmersmarket.com or call 610-330-9942.